[memphdutch]

# 2 years, 2 months ago

Hi,

I downloaded WP Solr yesterday, and it has been a great help. Thank you so much.

I am using it with Algolia. I have a site that has facets on the sidebar that let the user find parts of the Bible. The problem I am running into is the sorting of the attributes. In the link below, I want to:

1) put the books in biblical order (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus).

2) put the chapters in numerical order. Right now it sorts 1, 10, 119, 13, 145.

Snapshot: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2y3clmh9uttlvme/Screen%20Shot%202020-04-02%20at%208.43.52%20AM.png?dl=0

I know Algolia restricts to ordering by alphabetical or by count. In their documentation for instantsearch.js they indicate that there is a way to specify order, but that doesn’t necessarily apply here. https://discourse.algolia.com/t/sorting-in-facets/7709

What are my options?

[wpsolr]

# 2 years, 2 months ago

Is the alpha sort is working for numeric facet values only?

[memphdutch]

# 2 years, 2 months ago

In the screenshot, book is sorted by frequency.

[memphdutch]

# 2 years, 2 months ago

I was incorrect – “book” was sorted alphabetical correctly.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ljr09kyg9q92aef/Screen%20Shot%202020-04-02%20at%209.39.00%20AM.png?dl=0

[wpsolr]

# 2 years, 2 months ago

I could replicate the problem locally. The solution suggested seems to be making the sort in WPSOLR.

[memphdutch]

# 2 years, 2 months ago

How would I make the sort in WPSOLR?

[wpsolr]

# 2 years, 2 months ago

I’m building a small fix in WPSOLR.

[memphdutch]

# 2 years, 2 months ago

Thank you.

[wpsolr]

# 2 years, 2 months ago

Here is the fix:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wl8ugtak0uvud3p/wpsolr-pro-fix-algolia-numeric-alpha-sort.zip?dl=0

1) Please deactivate the WPSOLR plugin, and remove it. Upload the new version with the fix, and activate it.

2) Please change to type “Integer” for your “Chapter” field in your screen 2.2 and reindex everything, if the type was a string.

The fix is detecting fields indexed with a numeric type in screen 2.2 (“Integer” for “Chapter”) with a facet with alphabetical sort. It then reorders the facet content correctly.